Ramachandra Reddy, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Temple, TXNPI 1184606626
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (41.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,705, more than ten times the $1,129 reported in 2019.
Across 189 payments — averaging $151.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Abiomed$3K
- Potrero Medical, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 27 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $8720.83 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Potrero Medical, Inc.$26K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,93042%
- Travel & lodging$5,71920%
- Food & beverage$10,91238%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 30 | $14,117 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 30 | $3,750 |
| Abiomed | 47 | $3,368 |
| Potrero Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,982 |
| Abbott | 15 | $1,208 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $1,035 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 5 | $727 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $356 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $348 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $230 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 5 | $207 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 3 | $181 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $179 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Pylant Medical | 2 | $111 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $92 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $84 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $69 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $56 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $53 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $32 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Biostable Science & Engineering | 1 | $29 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Octopus$13,101
- Impella$2,170
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$935
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$856
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$590
- Aquadex$471
- Avalus$280
- EXPAREL$230
- AQUADEX SMARTFLOW CONSOLE$185
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$161
- HemoSphere$156
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$151
- Herc Flex Universal Stabilizer Arm$150
- Capiox FX Advance Hollow Fiber Oxygenator w Integrated AF w Hardshell Res.$150
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$123
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$123
- Essenz$113
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$111
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$111
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$110
How this compares
$28,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Temple
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Scott OlssonCypress$357K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- Darien BradfordBurleson$266K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
- Brannon HydeAustin$214K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.